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Prevalence of self-harm and suicide attempts in England in 2014, by type of mental illness and gender

Characteristic	Common mental disorder	Serious mental illness	Other including complex mental illness
Men- any self-harm**	9%	8%	16%
Women- any self-harm	14%	25%	26%
Men- any suicide attempt**	17%	33%	24%
Women- any suicide attempt	16%	35%	29%

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December 2015

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Region

United Kingdom (England)

Survey time period

2014

Number of respondents

1,683 respondents

Method of interview

Omnibus survey

Supplementary notes

* Weighted bases where n (men)=596 and n (women)=1,087.
** Figures for men, under "Other including complex mental illness" had a smaller a base size and should therefore be treated with caution.

The source provides the following information:
"Common mental disorders include phobia, panic attacks, post-traumatic stress, generalised anxiety disorder, depression (including post-natal depression) and obsessive compulsive disorder.
Serious mental illness includes bipolar disorder, an eating disorder, nervous breakdown, personality disorder, psychosis or schizophrenia.
Other/complex mental illness includes attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), attention deficit disorder (ADD), dementia, seasonal affective disorder or any other mental, emotional or neurological problem or condition.
a Self-harm was defined as deliberately harming oneself but not with the intention of killing oneself.

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This statistic displays the prevalence of self-harm and suicide attempts in England in 2014, by type of mental illness and gender. Of respondents, 33 percent of men and 35 percent of women with a serious mental illness had attempted suicide.